Kuwait: A stray bullet hit a Gulf in the head while driving the car

The competent security authorities in Kuwait began their necessary procedures to uncover the threads of a Gulf injury with a sudden bullet in his head while driving the car in the markets of the Jahra area, which led to his loss of consciousness and his collision with one of the lighting poles.

The Kuwaiti newspaper, Al -Qabas, said, quoting a security source: “The men of the Research and Investigation Department in Jahra Governorate are currently working to empty all surveillance cameras near the accident site to reach any thread that reveals the identity of the absolute bullet..

The source stressed that “the Gulf citizen, who was injured by anonymous bullet, is in Al -Jahra Hospital and his condition is critical, while his wife, who was accompanied by him and was injured as a result of the collision of their car with the lighting pole, is stable.”.

The source stated, “The injured Gulf wife believed that the traffic accident was the one that caused her husband to be injured, and she did not know that he was hit by a bullet..

The newspaper did not reveal the citizenship of the injured, while the “Mubasher News” account reported that he was “a young Saudi man in his twenties”..

The news account, quoting a security source, said that the accident occurred, on Tuesday, and the injured young man and his wife were taken to the hospital, where it was found that a bullet had penetrated the car glass and wounded the husband in his head..

The source indicated that the competent authorities will be investigated in the incident to find out whether the bullet was intended towards the young man, or is it reckless.

In February 2015, the Kuwaiti authorities began implementing the weapon collection law that gave the country's residents four months to hand over their weapons without penalties, before broad inspection campaigns were carried out on homes;In order to collect weapons spread intensively among civilians at the time.

The law punishes anyone who seizes a firearm, ammunition, or unlicensed or prohibited explosives with imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, and a fine of no more than ten thousand dinars (33 thousand dollars), or one of these two penalties..

The law also stipulated that “imprisonment is punished for a period not exceeding ten years and a fine of no more than 50 thousand dinars (166.6 thousand dollars) Anyone who trades in an unlicensed firearm, ammunition, crackers, or the components of their manufacture, smuggling or storing them, or contracting with organizations or terrorist cells to sell them or buy them from them, and by confiscating seizures in all cases..

This campaign to collect weapons contributed to collecting large quantities of weapons after the citizens ’initiative to hand over their weapons in compliance with the law, through which the authorities hoped that it will contribute to limiting the crime in the country in which the expatriates constitute 70% of the population..